Filipe R Costa

What You Need to Know about Leveraged ETFs

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have grown in popularity over the last few decades, as they offer a few advantages over other…

Is the Outlook Really as Bad as It Seems for the Banking Sector?

I’m not really a bank investor but when everybody is pessimistic about European banks, the alarm bells ring in my…

Buying Japan Against the Crowd

So here we are again at a junction where policymakers have only two choices: one leads to a merry-go-round that…

Oil May Derail Russian Stocks (Again)

Back in 2014, and mostly due to the slump in oil prices, Russia fell into a downward spiral that saw…

Turkexit Is Now a Reality

If I were President Erdogan, I wouldn’t congratulate myself too precipitously upon the failed coup attempt. While his government survived…

The Death of Bonds

As seen in the latest issue of Master Investor Magazine “The Federal Reserve Bank buys government bonds without one penny…”…

Why is the Australian economy in better shape than many other nations?

The last two weeks have been tough mostly because of the Brexit outcome, as it created volatility where peace was…

Better ‘Hedgit’ than ‘Losit’ on Brexit

"What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about…

Protecting a Portfolio against Inflation

“It pounds daily on the nerves: the insanity of numbers, the uncertain future… An epidemic of fear and naked need:…

Another Round of Delayed Hikes

  Things are getting nasty for central banks. They’re wasting their remaining credibility with foolish predictions that just end up…